ABSTRACT
The simple answer to the question ‘Is Art Sacred?’ is ‘No’. Nothing is
sacred, so art isn’t. Remove God and the idea of the sacred becomes
obsolete. The concept of the sacred is essentially dependent on religious
and magical ways of thinking and is infused with religious connota-
tions and assumptions. If something is sacred, then it is inviolable; its
value is not instrumental but intrinsic; it is hallowed, and should be
preserved at any cost. To call something sacred is to declare that it
cannot be touched, damaged, destroyed, or even challenged or
questioned. Why not? Because it emanates from God.
